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African American Odyssey: An online exhibit featuring a variety of materials such as rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, and musical scores to document the African American quest for equality. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

The Digital Classroom: Resources and guides to using the primary history materials of the United States in research and teaching. Links to the wealth of materials held in the National Archives and Records Administration collection. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: The National Archives and Records Administration

Digital History: Using this online textbook, teachers can supplement their U.S. history courses with a variety of rich resources such as primary sources documents, multimedia exhibitions, interactive timelines, and audio clips. (Learn more); Format: website/activity; Provided by: University of Houston

Documenting the American South: Ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs for the study of Southern history, literature, and culture. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eastern North Carolina Digital Library: Digitization project encompassing collections pertaining to the history of eastern North Carolina. Included are images and videos from historic locations. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: East Carolina University Joyner Library

EDSITEment - Lesson Plans for History and Social Studies: This site supplies a plentiful number of lesson plans and activities for the history and social studies curricula. Resources are divided by subject area and grade range, in addition to a list of EDSITEment approved web links. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

The Emancipation Proclamation: View images of the original Emancipation Proclamation and a transcript of its contents. Read about its history, the effects it had on American society, and listen to an audio interview with a former slave. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: National Archives and Records Administration

Eyewitness -American Originals from the National Archives: This interactive exhibit brings personal eyewitness accounts of historical events by those who were there. Primary sources come from individuals such as Thomas Jefferson, President Harry S. Truman, and President George Washington. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: National Archives and Records Administration

A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln: Explores America before the Civil War, slavery, the slavery debate, the events leading to the war, the war itself, and how it affected politics and society. Learn also about the state of the country once the war ended and what obstacles lay ahead for the country... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Gilder Lehrman Institute American History and the Chicago Historical Society

The Hunley: Complete the Journey: Over 140 years ago the submarine Hunley sank after sinking an enemy ship, the USS Housatonic, during the Civil War. This site explores the history of the Hunley and shows how she is being preserved today. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Friends of the Hunley

Hunter Library Collection of Civil War Letters and School Photos: This collection of primary source materials includes photographs which illustrate education in western North Carolina and transcribed letters written during the Civil War by Confederate soldiers and their families. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Western Carolina University

Kids Dig Reed: Learn about the past through the archaeological digs and artifacts from the daily life of West Virginia's Reed Farmstead's 19th century inhabitants. Games and Puzzles provide some unique and valuable educational activities. (Learn more); Format: website/activity; Provided by: West Virginia Department of Transporatation

Making of America: Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, 1850 -1877. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: University of Michigan, Humanities Text Initiative

Mathew Brady's Portrait Gallery: The Smithsonian Museum sponsors this valuable collection of information about Matthew Brady and a display of the many photographs of the Civil War era that he made famous. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

North Carolina and the Civil War: Online exhibits from the North Carolina Museum of History include artifacts, photographs, audio readings of soldiers' letters, and more. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: North Carolina Museum of History

Pictorial Americana: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress: A collection of images of lithographs, etchings, engravings, and drawings of American life and history in the perspective of the artists in the 18th century. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

Primary Documents in American History: Digitized primary source materials with annotations from the years 1763 to 1877. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

Revising Himself : Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass: Walt Whitman's life with a focus on Leaves of Grass, includes many items from the Library of Congress exhibit. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

Scartoons - Racial Satire and the Civil War: Introduces the topic of caricature and satirical cartoons in newspapers and propaganda pamphlets during the Civil War in the US. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: University of Virginia

Stonewall Jackson Resources at the Virginia Military Institute Archives: A large collection of Stonewall Jackson's personal papers, Jackson images, and other information about his life and times. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Virginia Military Institute

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